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To: gondramB

Religion is about the origin and meaning of everything.

Science deals only with the mechanics of Creation.

There is no conflict.


86 posted on 04/04/2009 9:43:16 AM PDT by texmexis best (uency)
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To: texmexis best
Religion is about the origin and meaning of everything. Science deals only with the mechanics of Creation. There is no conflict.

I've studied a bit on the etymology of the word, 'religion' as used in Scripture, because some doctrines assert religion as a source of evil.

The Hebrew used the concept, in a valid fashion, describing the mechanics of how a believer worships God. In that sense, there is nothing wrong with religion. For example, the Israelite went to the Temple and bought animals to sacrifice in religious observances. Such was directed by God and served a purpose in understanding what He has provided and the bloody consequences of sin.

The problems with religion occur when we counterfeit God's plan with our thinking independent of Him, doing what is right in our own eyes, then forming a method of worshiping Him upon our thinking, rather than upon what He has provided.

Such would be a false religion, and indeed, when man seeks God via religion, instead of by His methods to seek Him, religion becomes a counterfeit to fellowship with God through faith in Christ.

Science deals primarily with hypothetical congruence of empirical observations with rational arguments and suppositions. Since it correlates empirical perceptions with rationalism, it is limited in its scope to the natural world. It's possible to study science independent of faith in Christ, but as such, it is limited to only the natural world. Faith through Christ opens up an entirely new realm associated with how God originally formed man in body, soul, and spirit in His image.

Science also is unable to deal with the mechanics of Creation because it assumes the Creation pre-exists as the object of empirical and rational study. Science is better suited to study the mechanics of post-creation materialism.

The conflicts arise between science and religion when the natural man, living by empirical physical sensory perception and rational soulish perceptions, fails to recognize spiritual perception by faith (since he lacks faith in Christ), and then posits his science encompasses the entirety of Creation.

The human spirit is a created thing perceived through faith in Christ, not by empirical or rational perception. As such, science is inadequate to provide veritable knowledge of the human spirit, independent of faith through Christ.

88 posted on 04/04/2009 10:31:14 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: texmexis best

>>Religion is about the origin and meaning of everything.

Science deals only with the mechanics of Creation.

There is no conflict.<<

While I would agree that there does not have to be conflict, I’d add that evolution doesn’t address the origin of first life but only development after first life.


91 posted on 04/04/2009 7:31:51 PM PDT by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
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